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Law’s Black Law Student Association Mock Trial Team earns regional championship title
Members of Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s Black Law Student Association (BLSA) Mock Trial Team recently earned first place at the Midwest Regional Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition regional championship. Those on the team were Doctor of Law (JD) candidates Jordyn Dawson…
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August 01, 2022
Heavenly Aguilar, a rising 2L student with a focus on Public Interest Law, is working as an intern for the Honorable Judge Michelle J. Sheehan of Ohio’s 8th District Court of Appeals this summer. We asked her to share some reflections from her experience. What do you hope to gain from this…
July 19, 2022
Michael Scharf, Case Western Reserve University School of Law co-dean, leading panel to present legislation for war crimes court in Ukraine Following numerous atrocities in Ukraine, a team of international law experts is offering a proposal for a special court in Ukraine to investigate and…
July 19, 2022
Michael Scharf, Case Western Reserve University School of Law co-dean, leading panel to present legislation for war crimes court in Ukraine Following numerous atrocities in Ukraine, a team of international law experts is offering a proposal for a special court in Ukraine to investigate and…
July 15, 2022
Professor Jonathan H. Adler provided analysis and insight on television, radio and in print after the Supreme Court curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Adler, the inaugural Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and founding director of…
July 13, 2022
While most of the world is focused on war crimes committed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the conflict in Yemen continues to be the site of some of the worst atrocities and suffering on the planet. Case Western Reserve University School of Law is playing a unique role in documenting those…
July 07, 2022
One of Case Western Reserve University’s most iconic alumni—the man Martin Luther King Jr. called the “chief counsel for the protest movement”—received one of the highest honors bestowed on a United States civilian on July 7. Fred D. Gray, Case Western Reserve School of Law alumnus from the class…
July 06, 2022
One of Case Western Reserve University’s most iconic alumni—the man Martin Luther King Jr. called the “chief counsel for the protest movement”—will receive one of the highest honors bestowed on a United States civilian. Fred D. Gray, Case Western Reserve University School of Law alumnus from the…
July 01, 2022
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community and others are invited to join the School of Law for a virtual information session on the Certificate and Master of Compliance and Risk Management (CRM) Program. Are you interested in regulatory compliance and risk management jobs in the…
June 27, 2022
Area high school students attending the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Summer Legal Academy are getting a trial run in the legal profession at Case Western Reserve University School of Law this summer. Established in 2005, the Academy seeks to build a more diverse legal community by immersing a group of…
June 27, 2022
Recently, the Community Development Clinic at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law has aimed to devote more of its legal services to nonprofits and social enterprises in neighborhoods close to the university’s campus. One example is the Clinic’s work with the Hough Community Land Trust…